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ron_dittmer
May 22, 2017Explorer III
wanderlust1966 wrote:That 2005 will have only one battery and no whole-house inverter. The earlier single battery compartment is located just above the left rear tires, rear of the slide-out. With the slide-out, that PC has the couch instead of dinette. Our 2007 has no slideout so it has room for a dinette of which we appreciate a lot. That barrel chair is the same as the one ours came with. It is extremely uncomfortable. I easily replaced it with a 3rd matching (identical to the front seats) captain seat which is great to kick back and relax in. I use the adjacent dinette bench as my ottoman.
Wow! TY for your informative reply. It's quite timely as well, because I just found this on my local Craig's List:
https://wausau.craigslist.org/rvs/6091279067.html
2005 PhoeniX
Unfortunately, it's pretty expensive for *me* but seems to be priced right per NADA. A convection oven would work for me, and I really like the layout. With the amt. of down payment I have, even if I got it at the low retail price, my payment over 5 yrs would be around $450/mo. Maybe that would be worth it to have a (hopefully) trouble free rig?? I emailed the owner to see if it's even still available and will go from there. Thanks again for all the great information! :)
Also keep in mind that if you are considering a car/vehicle loan, nobody will loan any amount of money on a vehicle so old. I don't know what the cut-off age is but it's not so many years. It would have to be some other kind of loan like from a 401K plan or a home equity loan.
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